Dr. Kathleen King, PHD

I saw Kathleen for a little over a year and regret I didn’t stop sooner. She talked a lot about herself in sessions and seemed to have a complete disregard for folks with different life experiences than herself. I felt she had no understanding of the dynamics of non-heterosexual couples and wasn’t interested at all about understanding. She is also invested in conventional beauty standards and diet culture. I have thankfully gotten the help I needed with disordered eating since but shudder to look back at my time with a therapist who was enthusiastic about her own restrictive eating. Overall I felt she pushed advice on me without much care for my long term goals. When I brought this up to her she claimed she was pushing against my boundaries even though she could tell I was upset in order to teach me how to advocate for myself. It felt gross that her strategy was to “trick” me and took away any trust we had built.

Kathleen King will validate your feelings and provide a space to vent about issues in your life. However, she is not prepared to identify or address underlying issues. Her therapy is not targeted towards long-term healing. I saw her for about a year and I would not recommend her to anyone who is serious about addressing and improving their psychological health. I have found significantly more support and improvement with other providers who are more serious in their practice.